Bell.



V. W. PAGE..

BELL.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 16. 1911.

Patented Jan.22, 1918.

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BELL.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.16. 1911.

WML W4, NW n A ,E WGW mm A Mm Z fr), e2 m mj /N n@ Y P E Cn VICTOR W.v PAGE, 0F BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, SSIGNOR TO THE N EW DEPARTURE URING COMPANY, 0F BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION 0F IBELL.

To all whom t may concern.'

13e it known that I, VICTOR W.. PAGE, a, citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut,have invented a certain new and useful Bell, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formin part of this specification.

My invention relates to bells and more particularly to motor-driven gongs.

One object of my invention is to provide a compact motor-driven bell with its parts simply vand securely mounted and well protected.

Another object isto provide a motordriven bell simple in character and yet having a speed change gear between the motor and the motor-driven parts.

Another object is to provide a simple but hi hly eficient striking mechanism for bells.

To these ends and also to improve generally upon devices of the character indicated my invention consists in the various matters hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is, substantially, a. longitudinal diametrical cross sectional View of a bell embodying my invention, and

ig. 2 is an end View looking toward the left in F ig. 1 with the right hand gong member removed, but with certain parts broken away and the gong and striker moved somewhat from the position of Fig. 1.

In the illustrated bell, a member, as the harp 1, carries a mechanism support, as the axle 2 stationarily carried by the arms of the harp. Upon the axle 2 is carried the sounding element of the bell, the striker carrier, andthe driving motor.

The sounding element is here shown as comprising the two fixed and oppositely disposed dlshed soundmg members, or gongs 3 and 4c, each having a strike-lug 5 projecting inward from its inner periphery. The striker, or hammer-carrier, is shown as comprising the striking, or driver, arms 12 and the supporting arms 15 connected to the arms 12, as by the screws 16, to form a structure in the character 0f a cage. Conveniently such cage is rotatably mounted upon the axle 2 by means of the ball bearings 14 and 17 respectively. Within the Specification of Lettera Patent.

Application led November 16, 1911.

Patented Jan.. 22, 191%. Serial N o. 660,609.

vcage and upon the iaxle and operatively connected with the cage to drive it is carried the driving motor.6. This gives a simple and easily assembled structure of great compactness and in which all the other operative elements are housed in, and protected by, the sounding element.

An element for striking coperation with a lug 5, and shown as the armed4 hammer 18-19, is pivotally mounted upon an arm 12 and comprises a striker-arm 18 and a striker 19, shown as a roller.

-The roller 19 is held away from the periphery proper of its related gong member, as ,the arm 12 revolves, by a prong 20 preferably integral with the arm 18 and adapted to engage the upstanding shouldered side of the arm 12. A similar prong 21 engages the opposite upstanding side of the arm 12 on the swing of the hammer away from the gong upon the roller 19 striking the lug 5, and so limits such swing, though of course permitting the roller to pass the lug. Thus the hammer 18-19 is at all times held at an angle of less than 180, and, as shown, at an angle of about 90, to the arm 12.

With thisarrangement it is possible to use, in a gong of a specified diameter, very long arms 12 and 18, thus giving a large centrifugal force at a low rotative speed and making the device quickly responsive. Also, even though the device has this advantage, the arrangement, exemplified by the prongs 20 and 21, is such that the arms 12 can be operatively rotated in either direction and yet have the rollers 19 pass the lugs 5.

For operatively connecting the motor 6 and the cage 12-15, there is preferably provided upon the cage, and secured thereto, a large annular gear, or rack-wheel 11, surrounding the motor and whose teeth 10 mesh with the teeth 9 of the small gear or pinion 8 fixed upon the driving shaft 7 of the motor. Not only is this arrangement simple and compact but also it provides a speed reducing transmission between the motor and the striker-supporting cage whereby a high-speed motor can be used and yet the strikers can be moved slowly. Thus, a high-speed low-torque electric motor can be usedthus making the device operable by a weak current and so making it feasible for use on motor vehicles, since it is operable by the weak currents available on such vehicles from ignition sources--` While at the Same time, due to the reduction gearing, the striking Amechanism can be driven slowly but with considerable power thereby to give hard, distinct blows to the gongs resulting in loud, distinct sounds.

If an electric motor is used the axle 2 may be hollow at one end as indicated in Fig. 1, and the conductors, as wires 25, may be carried from the motor contacts, 22 and 23, out through the hollow shaft to, if deslred, a push-plug switch 24:. This provides 1n a bell of the illustrated character, z'. e., one in which, for ease in replacement, the driving shaft of the motor is wholly distinct from the part, as the axle 2, which supports the motor, a convenient means for slmply, and protectively, carrying the leads to the motor.

Having thus described my inventlon, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a device of the characterindicated,

4a sounding element and a striking element,

one of said elements being movable, an axle carryin said elements, a motor carried by said ax e for driving said movable element,

and transmission mechanism between and connecting said motor and said movable element, said sounding element surrounding and being spaced from said axle, and said striking element, said motor and said trans- -mission mechanism being received in and protected by said sounding element; substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character indicated, a soundin element and a striking element, 'one of said elements being movable, an axle carryin said elements, a motor carried by said ax e for driving said movable element and speed change mechanism between an connecting said motor and said movable element, said sounding element surrounding and being spaced from said axle, and said striking element, said motor and said speed change mechanism being received in and pr'otected by said sounding element; substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character indicated, a sounding element and a striking element, one of said elements being movable, an axle carrying said elements, a high-speed motor carried by said axle for driving said movable element, and speed reduction mechanism between and connecting said motor and said movable element, said sounding element surrounding and being spaced from said axle, and said striking element, said motor and said speed reduction mechanism bein received in and protected by said soundlng element; substantially as described.

4. In a bell, an axle, a striker support mounted for rotation thereon, a motor carried upon said axle, and reduction gearing between said support and motor comprising an annular gear carried by said su port and a pinion carried by the drive-sha t of said motor and in mesh with said gear ,substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character indicated, an axle, a sounding element carried by said axle, and surroundingthe same and spaced therefrom, a motor carried by said axle, a striker support rotatably carried by said axle adjacent said motor and supporting an annular gear surrounding said'axle, and a pinion upon the driving shaft of said motor and in driving connection with said annular gear, said motor, support, gear and pinion being received within said sounding element; substantially as described.

6. In a bell, an axle mounted in a fixed position and carrying a motor thereon, movable and stationary members mounted on said axle adjacent said motor adapted to meet and sound, and means for operatively connecting said motor and said movable member; substantially as described.

7. In a bell, a hollow axle, a striker support mounted for rotation thereon, an electric motor carried by said axle and having a driving shaft distinct from said axle, driving connections between said support and the driving shaft of said motor, a sounding member carried upon said axle, and current conductors leading from the exterior of said member through said axle to said motor; substantlally as described.

8. In a device of the character indicated, in combination, a harp, an axle supported by said harp, a hammer carrier rotatably supported upon said axle and having arms spaced apart along said axle, a motor carried upon said axle and between said arms, means for operatively connecting said hammer carrier and motor, and a sounding member carried by said axle and inclosing said carrier, motor and means; substantially as described.

9. In a bell, a support, a striker carrier mounted thereon and in the character of a cage, a motor within said carrier, and operative connections between said motor and carrier; substantially as described.

10. In a bell, an axle, striking arms mounted upon said axle, supporting arms therefor mounted upon said axle and spaced along said axle from said striking arms, said striking of said hammer 'When the driving shaft of said motor and in mesh With said annular gear; substantially as described.

12.'In a bell, the combination with a sounding member having a strike-lug and a relatively movable armed hammer adapted 'to approach and strike said lug from opposite irections depending uponthe direction of movement and mounted to yield upon impact and permit the passage of said lug and hammer, ot' means for limiting the yield# moving in either of said opposite directions; substantially-as described.

13. In a bell, al sounding member having a strike-lug, a swinging driver-arm, a striker-arm extending at an angle of less than 180 to said driver-arm and pivoted to said driver-arm at a point adjacent the periphery of said sounding member, said striker-arm being provided Withy a striker in the path of said strike-lug, and means for limiting the pivotal movement of said striker-arm and preventing it from swinging into alinement With said driver-arm; substantially as described. i

14. In a bell, the combination With a sounding member having a strike-lug thereon and a striking arm, said striking arm having a pivotally movable .hammer member and said members being movable with respect to each other in the operation of the bell, the length of said hammer member being greater than the distance which throughout said relative movement separates the point of pivotal support of said hammer member from said sounding member proper, of means for holding said hammer member from contact with the sounding member proper throughout said movement and permitting A said hammer member to contact said strikelug; substantially as described.

15. In a bell, a sounding member having a strike projection thereon, a striking arm carrying a stop, a hammer movable on said arm and which if unrestrained would move into contact with the sounding member proper, and astop carried by said hammer so positioned as to engage said first named stop and prevent the hammer from engaging the sounding member proper; substantially as described.

16. In a bell, a sounding member having a strike projection thereon, a shouldered striking arm, a hammer movable on said arm and which if unrestrained would move into contact with the sounding member proper, and a stop carried by said hammer so positioned as to engage said shoulder and prevent the hammer rom engagmg the sounding member proper; substantially as described. 4

In testimony whereof, I hereunto ax my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

VICTOR W. PAGE. Witnesses: f

HARRY W. TUTTLE, GEORGE Ii. SANFORD.' 

